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US fashion industry faces historic price surge following reciprocal tariffs

The retail landscape in the United States underwent a dramatic shift on August 7 as the most comprehensive tariff increases since the 1930s took effect. Thursday saw the reciprocal tariffs come into effect under the Trump administration after months of delays, with most imports into the country being hit with a baseline 10 percent duty. But with...

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Beyond the Label: Paul Rice on Conscious Capitalism, the future of Fair Trade USA and why ‘Every Purchase Matters’

At first glance, the phrase "conscious capitalism" may come across as somewhat of an oxymoron. A notion that has been floated in many circles since the early 2010s (coined by the co-founders of the Conscious Capitalism movement, Raj Sisodia and John Mackey, the co-founder of Whole Foods Market), it's a philosophy that encapsulates a different...